Improvement in farm-pence



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Lezers Parent No. 92,359,4mfz .my o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

- Be it known that I, CHARLES W. REEDER, of Trenton, in thecounty of Grundy, and State of Missouri, have invented certain 4new and useful Improvements lin Farm-Fences; and I do hereby deelarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', f reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters ofreferenceniarked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which is represented a perspective view of my fence.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of V- shapedsupports, provided with swinging bars, into which are inserted the fence-rails, substantially as hereinafter specified.

'Io enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and usethe same, I will now describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing- A A represent support-s lnadein the shape of an 1nverted V, and provided at their upper ends with the bars b b.

Each panel or The upper bars b' b overlap each other at their ends, as seen in the drawing.

section of fence has four-supp-(n'ts.

a a represent parallel bars, which are secured together at their upper ends, over the upper bars b b, by

ends.

panel.

By this arrangement, the fence canbe hung from any desired distance from the ground, thereby preventing the bottom rails from rotting.

Having thus described Iny invention, A Y

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The parallel bars a a, incombination with the snpports A A, substantially in th'e manner and for the purpose described.

I aix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. R-EEDER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE BUGAN, WILLIAM COOPER.

wires,.with a corresponding wire securing their" lower f In the parallel bars a a are secured the fence-rails d 1,'each rail overlapping the rails in the succeeding In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 

